Father, thy hand Hath reared these venerable columns, thou Didst weave this verdant roof. Thou didst look down Upon the naked earth, and, forthwith, rose All these fair ranks of trees. They, in thy sun, Budded, and shook their green leaves in thy breeze,... The Vegetable World - Seite 276von Charles Williams - 1833 - 260 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Henry Theodore Tuckerman - 1846 - 350 Seiten
...gigantic forest- trees, and not only alludes to their annual decay and renewal, but significantly adds, " The century-living crow Whose birth was in their tops, grew old and died." To those who have never seen a Prairie, how vividly does one spread before the imagination, in the... | |
| George Barrell Cheever - 1847 - 456 Seiten
...All these fair ranks of trees. They, in thy sun, liudded, and shook their green leaves in thy breeze, And shot towards heaven. The century-living crow,...branches, till at last they stood, As now they stand, massy, and tall, and dark, 13* Fit shrine for humble worshipper to hold Communion with his Maker. Here... | |
| 1847 - 312 Seiten
...All these fair ranks of trees. They in Thy sun Budded, and shook their green leaves in Thy breeze, And shot towards heaven. The century-living crow,...branches, till, at last, they stood, As now they stand, massy, and tall, and dark, — Fit shrine for humble worshipper to hold Communion with his Maker !... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1847 - 520 Seiten
...All these fair ranks of trees. They, in thy sun, Budded, and shook their green leaves in thy breeze, And shot towards heaven. The century-living crow,...branches, till, at last, they stood, As now they stand, massy, and tall, and dark, Fit shrine for humble worshipper to hold Communion with his Maker. These... | |
| Half hours - 1847 - 560 Seiten
...All these fair ranks of trees. They, in thy sun Budded, and shook their green leaves in thy breeze, And shot towards heaven. The century-living crow,...branches, till, at last, they stood, As now they stand, massy, and tall, and dark, Fit shrine for humble worshipper to hold Communion with his Maker. These... | |
| Salem Town - 1847 - 420 Seiten
...ranks of trees. They in thy son Budded, and shook their green leaves in thy breeze, And shot toward heaven. The century-living crow, Whose birth was in...branches, till, at last, they stood, As now they stand, massy and dark, Fit shrine for humble worshipper to hold Communion with his Maker. Solemnity. How shocking... | |
| 1848 - 530 Seiten
...The rooks love them well, and make their loud wild music among their boughs ; " The century- living crow, Whose birth was in their tops, grew old and...branches, till at last they stood, As now they stand, mossy, and tall, and dark; Fit shriue lor humble worshipper to hold Communion with his Maker !" They... | |
| William Russell - 1849 - 310 Seiten
...All these fair ranks of trees. They in Thy sun Budded, and shook their green leaves in Thy breeze, And shot towards heaven. The century-living crow,...branches, till, at last, they stood, As now they stand, massy, and tall, and dark, — Fit shrine for humble worshipper to hold Communion with his Maker !... | |
| William Russell - 1849 - 320 Seiten
...All these fair ranks of trees. They in Thy sun Budded, and shook their green leaves in Thy breeze, And shot towards heaven. The century-living crow,...Whose birth was in their tops, grew old and died Among ^ieir branches, till, at last, they stood, As now they stand, massy, and tall, and dark, — . Fit... | |
| William Holmes McGuffey - 1849 - 348 Seiten
...thy breeze, And shot toward heaven. The century-living crow, 30. Whose birth was in their tops, grjw old and died Among their branches ; till, at last, they stood, As now they stand, massy, and tall, and dark, Fit shrine for humble worshiper to hold Communion with his Maker. Here are... | |
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